Book Detail

That Summer

Publication Information
Author:  Johnston, Tony Illustrator:  Moser, Barry
Title:  That Summer Date:  2002
Publisher:  Harcourt City:  Orlando
ISBN, paperback:   ISBN, hardback:  9780152058562

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
A boy looks back on the summer that his brother became ill and died.

Teaching Ideas:
This book could be used to help someone cope with the loss of someone close to them. Students could write about someone they have lost. Readers may want to write short poems in response to this story from the point of view of the surviving brother, or write haikus that capture the sadness. Classes may want to discuss how the art sets the mood.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
bullet Book Conversations
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
bullet Copy Change
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
bullet Unsent Letters
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > grief
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > health
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loss
bullet Family > children > childhood memories
bullet Family > siblings


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